It's a shame that he'd rather hide behind Arum in order to avoid Mayweather, when it's clear that he has the ability to call the shots:
"When the De La Hoya fight became possible, I had a big meeting -- I'll never forget it -- with Pacquiao in the suite at the Mandalay ," said Arum. "And I said: 'Manny, do you know what you're doing here? De La Hoya's so much bigger, so much stronger, you're liable to get hurt. There's a lot easier guys to fight. I'm telling you all of this because I want you to realize that maybe you shouldn't fight him.' And he got angry, and he said, 'I want to fight De La Hoya. I know I can beat him.' He looked at me with those steely eyes, and he really was sincere. It wasn't a question of the money or anything else. That's when I knew we had a helluva shot, and Freddie , who had trained Oscar, told us that Manny was going to beat Oscar. So we knew it internally, although Bruce , who knows fights, was leaning toward De La Hoya."
http://espn.go.com/blog/boxing/post/_/id/708/arum-talks-pacquiao-past-future
Are we taking Arums word here? :lol1:
OK, anyways he stood up against Arum in a sense not to make the fight. Because, Arum actually wanted to make the fight. Pac almost walked the away from the deal if he didn't get extra money.
Pac didn't have to stand up to Arum to make this fight. Arum wasn't trying to sabotage this fight. Arum didn't even understand Pac wanting extra percentage. Because, the original split that he agreed upon was very similar to Floyd split against Oscar.
1) Pac had a press conference in the phillipines right after the Marquez fight saying he wants floyd.
2) Pac sent Koncz all the way to Vegas to floyds gym to call out floyd. Floyd's response? Theres nothing to discuss and don't bother calling Al haymon aka my boss cuz I told him not to pick up your phone calls.
What more do you flomos need lmao
Aaaaaah, the 'o imaginary "press conference" :lol1:
Dude, If I got a guy who walks around at 170 to come down to 145 to fight me I would take that fight. That is a nobrainer. I could care less about power at that point.
Manny didn't want that fight. That was the fight that he was presented with.
1) Pac had a press conference in the phillipines right after the Marquez fight saying he wants floyd.
2) Pac sent Koncz all the way to Vegas to floyds gym to call out floyd. Floyd's response? Theres nothing to discuss and don't bother calling Al haymon aka my boss cuz I told him not to pick up your phone calls.
What more do you flomos need lmao
pacquiao signing a contract
1) Pac had a press conference in the phillipines right after the Marquez fight saying he wants floyd.
2) Pac sent Koncz all the way to Vegas to floyds gym to call out floyd. Floyd's response? Theres nothing to discuss and don't bother calling Al haymon aka my boss cuz I told him not to pick up your phone calls.
What more do you flomos need lmao